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president obama is threatening to veto that plan. a new cnn/orc poll reflects the concern among americans if the two sides do not reach a deal. 20% say going over the so-called fiscal cliff would lead to a crisis. 50% say it would cause major problems. dana bash is on capitol hill following this. i understand you have two lawmakers who are going to be votes on speaker boehner's plan b. how do they feel about this? >> we're steps off the house floor where the vote will take place later on today and i'm with congressman steve sutherland of florida and john fleming of louisiana. both of they see men are going to vote against your leader, against the speaker on this. why? >> well, we have great concerns that this doesn't go far enough to really solve the problems that we face. i would lean no yesterday. nothing that i've seen today really changes me wanting to go the in the other direction. america needs to understand we have significant problems that we face, a mountain of unfunded mandates. closing in on $100 trillion, and this does no
president obama is threatening to veto that plan. a new cnn/orc poll reflects the concern among americans if the two sides do not reach a deal. 20% say going over the so-called fiscal cliff would lead to a crisis. 50% say it would cause major problems. dana bash is on capitol hill following this. i understand you have two lawmakers who are going to be votes on speaker boehner's plan b. how do they feel about this? >> we're steps off the house floor where the vote will take place later on...
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big tax hikes and spending cuts that could take effect at the end of the year. if washington can't find a compromise. that could have a big impact on your bottom line. we'll get you more on that in just a moment. >> also it sounds a bit crazy but apparently it's real. you'll meet some people who are addicted to the internet. >> plus with prices skyrocketing at the supermarket, as i'm sure you've noticed, every penny counts. we have some tips on stretching your dollars by making your everyday groceries last just a little bit longer. and speaking of money, some high profile women including the duchess of cambridge and first lady michelle obama, making it fashionable to recycle outfits. we'll tell you about the message it's sending to the rest of the world. >> i'll fess up, i wore this suit six weeks ago. all right we've dealt with it. and we'll introduce you to a true wonder dog. a poodle mix who was rescued from a trash heap, blind, and ver sick, thanks to some loving rescuers now she's doing great and she is an internet sensation. i watched this piece on youtube
big tax hikes and spending cuts that could take effect at the end of the year. if washington can't find a compromise. that could have a big impact on your bottom line. we'll get you more on that in just a moment. >> also it sounds a bit crazy but apparently it's real. you'll meet some people who are addicted to the internet. >> plus with prices skyrocketing at the supermarket, as i'm sure you've noticed, every penny counts. we have some tips on stretching your dollars by making your...
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>> well, listen, at some point we're going to have to address the spending problem that we have. but we can't cut our way to prosperity we need real economic growth. us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work, and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. all i've tkoeupbs is that eric and i and our team here are committed to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, the kapt tol capitol and the white house to address this. >> last week i asked you if you were concerned about losing your speakership and you said you were not. in light of what happened last night, if you're not concerned, shouldn't you be? >> no, i'm not. listen, you've all heard me say this. and i've told my colleagues this. if you do the right things every day for the right reasons, the right things will happen. while we may have not been able to get the votes last night to avert 99.81% of the tax increases, i don't think -- they weren't taking that out on me. they w
>> well, listen, at some point we're going to have to address the spending problem that we have. but we can't cut our way to prosperity we need real economic growth. us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work, and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. all i've tkoeupbs is that eric and i and our team here are committed to working with colleagues on...
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>> well, listen, at some point we're going to have to address the spending problem that we have, but we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth, and many of us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. all i'm telling you is that eric and i and our team here are committed to working with our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capitol, and the white house to address that. >> last question. >> mr. speaker, last week i asked you if you were concerned about losing your speakership, and you said you were not. in light of what happened last night, if you're not concerned, shouldn't you be? >> no, i'm not. listen, you have all heard me say this, and i have told my colleagues this. if you do the right things every day for the right reasons, the right things will happen. and while we may have not been able to get the votes last night to avert 99.81% of the tax increases,
>> well, listen, at some point we're going to have to address the spending problem that we have, but we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth, and many of us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. all i'm telling you is that eric and i and our team here are committed to working with...
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any money that president obama has spend has gone to unemployment, extending unemployment for people who have no jobs or something like that. i believe in bigger government. with bigger government, there is more taxes paid. the country has to have taxes to run. it has to. if people have to pay taxes. the rich people don't want to have bigger government so they can run the show and make us all slaves. i live down here in florida. i see people coming out of the woods with their families with suitcases and little children. this is not right, you know. it is crazy. host: all right. up next, we will turn our attention to another domestic issue. oil and gas prices. here is the headline in "the washington post." we will talk about with two members of congress. up next, frank pallone. a followed by phil gingrey, a republican in georgia. we'll be right back. >> this weekend on both tv on c- span to. -- on booktv on cspan2. and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. author of "hollywood left and right -- how hollywood shaped politics " ." and at 5:00, a panel on secrets. the ent
any money that president obama has spend has gone to unemployment, extending unemployment for people who have no jobs or something like that. i believe in bigger government. with bigger government, there is more taxes paid. the country has to have taxes to run. it has to. if people have to pay taxes. the rich people don't want to have bigger government so they can run the show and make us all slaves. i live down here in florida. i see people coming out of the woods with their families with...
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that's a concession from president obama who originally wanted taxes to go up on anything above $250,000 a year. the president's offer also calls for $1.2 trillion in spending cuts including those on social and defense programs. he wants a two-year extension on being able to raise the national debt ceilings. republicans not thrilled with the white house's latest offer. dana bash following the back and forth here. we know that both sides seem to be giving a bit, right? you've got the president going from $250,000 to $400,000 as a threshold for increasing taxes and the republicans pushing this plan b here. where do they meet? where do you suppose they meet? >> reporter: boy, if i could answer that question we would be able to go home. look, this is -- this is -- this is just more aggressive you know kind of to-ing and fro-ing when it comes to the house speaker's strategy here and the republican strategy. you laid out well what the white house offer was last night when the president and the speaker met in person at the white house. but after that, the speaker concluded that his next move wo
that's a concession from president obama who originally wanted taxes to go up on anything above $250,000 a year. the president's offer also calls for $1.2 trillion in spending cuts including those on social and defense programs. he wants a two-year extension on being able to raise the national debt ceilings. republicans not thrilled with the white house's latest offer. dana bash following the back and forth here. we know that both sides seem to be giving a bit, right? you've got the president...
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. >> obama and hillary clinton nearly gouge each other's eyes out and what happened? he won. >> reporter: meanwhile, newt gingrich who is effectively conceded illinois, stepped off the campaign trail, spending time in washington over the weekend to see the cherry blossoms. ron pawl is also effectively conceded illinois, leaving romney and santorum to slug it out. the latest polls, there is one taken about a week ago and had romney with a slight four-point lead but as we have seen throughout the race the leads can slip away and the polls can change. >> jan, thank you very much. for us in rockford, illinois, rick santorum. >> good morning, charlie. >> what is your path to the nomination? tell me how you're going to win enough delegate to see win this nomination. >> yeah. i think, you know, we go out and compete in every single state and what we have been doing. we will compete here. we feel like, obviously, this is as mentioned the report by -- that this is -- this is a two-person race here in illinois and will pick up substantial number of delegates here and we hope to
. >> obama and hillary clinton nearly gouge each other's eyes out and what happened? he won. >> reporter: meanwhile, newt gingrich who is effectively conceded illinois, stepped off the campaign trail, spending time in washington over the weekend to see the cherry blossoms. ron pawl is also effectively conceded illinois, leaving romney and santorum to slug it out. the latest polls, there is one taken about a week ago and had romney with a slight four-point lead but as we have seen...
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here is president obama. take a listen. >> i will use the money we're no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and run ways. >> katy, taking more -- war money and using using it to payn other things, false why? >> couple problems with that first of all the wars have been financed with largely borrowed money. 700 to $800 billion in spending never requested and that nobody expects to be spent anyway. wars are winding down. this sort of thing has been used before and discredited. this is actually what paul ryan was talking about this time last year during the debt ceiling debate when he made that speech when he said why don't we just pass a bill saying let's spend $5 trillion to cover the moon with yogurt and then tomorrow we will cancel it and, hey, we saved $5 trillion. so, it's definitely not something that could even pass the house much less -- >> you can't paint the moon with yogurt. i'm going to dispel that notion right now. ma
here is president obama. take a listen. >> i will use the money we're no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and run ways. >> katy, taking more -- war money and using using it to payn other things, false why? >> couple problems with that first of all the wars have been financed with largely borrowed money. 700 to $800 billion in spending never requested and that nobody expects to be spent anyway....
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running against obama. i love it that it's romney, because for the first time in many, many years we have a really clear choice. tax cuts versus tax increases. controlled spending versus increased spending. deregulation versus further regulation. obamacare versus repeal of obamacare. all of these things are starkly broken and that is what this election is all about, and i'm glad the voters have a really clear voice. they haven't had one since reagan in 1980. gregg: republicans are obviously, as ronald reagan did, framing the election around the question, are we better off today than we were four years ago. >> yes. gregg: i want to put up on the screen, here is a comparison of january 02009, four years ago essentially and now. there you have it, unemployment 7.8%, has gone up to 8.1%. the median income has gone down roughly $4,000. gdp negative 5.3 to 1.7 but that is still very, very sluggish following a recession. gasoline prices really way up, the national debt of course the president has added 5 trillion,
running against obama. i love it that it's romney, because for the first time in many, many years we have a really clear choice. tax cuts versus tax increases. controlled spending versus increased spending. deregulation versus further regulation. obamacare versus repeal of obamacare. all of these things are starkly broken and that is what this election is all about, and i'm glad the voters have a really clear voice. they haven't had one since reagan in 1980. gregg: republicans are obviously, as...
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. >> reporter: we didn't know then, but do know now that the obama administration was in the midst of delegate negotiations and the announcement of the strategic cooperation agreement. >> rohrabacher had asked tough questions about the afghan government, how it's run and how it's spending u.s. money, but congressman rohrabacher said he's banned as a matter of principle. ginning me now is congressman dana rohrabacher. thanks very much for coming in. i want to discuss what's going on, but to give our viewers the full perspective, here's the entire exchange i had about you and president karzai in my interview with president karzai yesterday. watch this. >> you said you're not going to let this democratically elected congressman into your country, why? >> a democratically elected congressman should not be talking of an ethnic divide in afghanistan, should not be interfering in afghanistan's internal affairs and should not be asking afghan people to go against the afghan constitution has asked for, should not be speaking disrespectfully about the afghan people or the various ethnic groups
. >> reporter: we didn't know then, but do know now that the obama administration was in the midst of delegate negotiations and the announcement of the strategic cooperation agreement. >> rohrabacher had asked tough questions about the afghan government, how it's run and how it's spending u.s. money, but congressman rohrabacher said he's banned as a matter of principle. ginning me now is congressman dana rohrabacher. thanks very much for coming in. i want to discuss what's going on,...
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forcing them to spend 4 billion dollars of its budget on energy research, for instance-- . than what. >> but, i'm sorry? >> and explain a little more about what they're asking the defense department to do? >> with he will, they're asking them to look into alternative energy fuel and alternative energy and so, the secretary of defense says that this is absolutely necessary because, the cost of fuel is so expensive. so there's no other choice, but to look into doing energy research, but that's not necessarily true, because, there is the keystone pipeline, which the obama administration refuses to approve, which would bring in 700,000 barrels of oil per day into the united states. so, it's not the only option that, that this administration has. >> i mean, what, what information? what valuable information have we gleaned from this research? >> well, look, we don't know. they're basically just diagnose research, so we don't know where the money is going or how if we've gotten anything from it, it's basically wasting money. this is not what the military should be doing. that's pa
forcing them to spend 4 billion dollars of its budget on energy research, for instance-- . than what. >> but, i'm sorry? >> and explain a little more about what they're asking the defense department to do? >> with he will, they're asking them to look into alternative energy fuel and alternative energy and so, the secretary of defense says that this is absolutely necessary because, the cost of fuel is so expensive. so there's no other choice, but to look into doing energy...
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thanks to the obama administration our military, some say, it's their fault, facing $500 billion in spending cuts. how would a romney presidency change things for our men and women in uniform and who is to blame there. we are asking lt. colonel tony shaffer next. i'm lt. graves [inaudible] growing up in a family that flew the american flag every day fills a sense of national pride. i'm grateful for the opportunity to serve the united states coast guard. that is why i'm proud to be an american. ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-po
thanks to the obama administration our military, some say, it's their fault, facing $500 billion in spending cuts. how would a romney presidency change things for our men and women in uniform and who is to blame there. we are asking lt. colonel tony shaffer next. i'm lt. graves [inaudible] growing up in a family that flew the american flag every day fills a sense of national pride. i'm grateful for the opportunity to serve the united states coast guard. that is why i'm proud to be an american....
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. >>> president obama and mitt i don't mean -- romney came out swinging, but many of you were really shocked at how much they agreed on certain points. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. who shared the same great love, stargazing. so what better holiday gift for charlotte than a few million billion stars? with his ultrabook™, inspired by intel, featuring intel® core™ processors, billy captured the entire cosmos in all its glory and sent it to her. happy holidays charlotte. [ male announcer ] so now the stars could come out whenever charlotte wanted. [ female announcer ] get billy's inspiron 14z ultrabook for 599.99 or charlotte's xps 12 for $1199.99. free shi
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. >> now, president obama will spend the evening at the white house then tomorrow he heads down to another swing state, virginia. that is his last stop before heading to north carolina, the democratic national convention where he is slated to give his acceptance speech thursday night. kate? >> kristen welker in new orleans tonight. >>> flood waters from isaac are still posing serious problems in the very area where president obama is touring today. nbc's gabe gutierrez is still in the region. he has more tonight on the message people in places like laplace, louisiana want the president to hear. gabe? >> reporter: kate, good evening. late last week almost a million homes and businesses in louisiana were without power. now that number is down to 125,000. for many neighborhoods like this one, this cleanup won't be over for months. >> this wasn't supposed to happen. >> much of cheryl broussard's life is now on her front yard. >> i just couldn't believe it was happening because we're friends with all these people and it just breaks your heart. >> reporter: for 13 years she and her husband kent
. >> now, president obama will spend the evening at the white house then tomorrow he heads down to another swing state, virginia. that is his last stop before heading to north carolina, the democratic national convention where he is slated to give his acceptance speech thursday night. kate? >> kristen welker in new orleans tonight. >>> flood waters from isaac are still posing serious problems in the very area where president obama is touring today. nbc's gabe gutierrez is...
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they like to spend and obama administration, they would like to take aim at the nominee as soon as they can. i don't think that's going to happen. i don't think it's a good thing that it does happen. >> well, it looks like it's going to be a long one. senator santorum, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> and with that, let's get straight to our roundtable. i'm joined by george will, katrina vanden heuvel, matthew dowd, amy walter and ron brownstein. mitt romney looking to do something that has never been done. this week, something else we haven't seen before, three primaries and caucuses, three winners. >> the old pattern has now been broken. that is for five consecutive times beginning with reagan in 1980 candidate a wins iowa, candidate b wins new hampshire and candidate c wins florida. and the nomination, that's over. if you go back now to his 1994 senate primary, he's been in 25 races. his record is 6 wins and 19 losses. newt gingrich won it, it seems at least 46 counties. he carried women and evangelical consecutive south carolina. he carried evidently all seven
they like to spend and obama administration, they would like to take aim at the nominee as soon as they can. i don't think that's going to happen. i don't think it's a good thing that it does happen. >> well, it looks like it's going to be a long one. senator santorum, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> and with that, let's get straight to our roundtable. i'm joined by george will, katrina vanden heuvel, matthew dowd, amy walter and ron brownstein. mitt...
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for the obama campaign. that's not right. so there's got to be a general reining in on both sides. a prohibition on unions using member's dues without their permission would be two of the fundamental principles. >> if the unions put themselves under the same scrutiny th want political donors -- >> then i would -- >> you would sign up for that? >> absolutely. unfortunately, this act we voted on has no impact whatsoever on labor union activities. >> people say this week after they watched you yesterday railing in against michele bachmann we've got john mccain back, this is the guy we love most, because he's not just having a go at the president, he's taking on one of his own on the point of principle where everyone agrees with him, this was completely out of line what she did. what motivated you to do that? how do you feel when people say, we've got the real john mccain? >> i say i never left. but, piers, the point is that i know huma. i know her from traveling with her. i know of her reputation. i know this g
for the obama campaign. that's not right. so there's got to be a general reining in on both sides. a prohibition on unions using member's dues without their permission would be two of the fundamental principles. >> if the unions put themselves under the same scrutiny th want political donors -- >> then i would -- >> you would sign up for that? >> absolutely. unfortunately, this act we voted on has no impact whatsoever on labor union activities. >> people say this...
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that would be on top of the four trillion dollars in savings in the obama budget. among other things, the republicans make substantial reductions in medicaid spending and repeal the president's health care law. they also seek cost savings in medicare, imposing changes for future recipients. those now under age 55. the full house is expected to vote on the plan next week, but that's as far as it will go. in the senate, the democratic majority leader harry reid made clear today that the house plan faces certain defeat in his chamber. >> we all recognize all that does is make the rich richer and have bigger hits to the middle class. it ruins medicare as we know it. >> woodruff: the obama administration also objected to the republican proposal saying it lacked fairness. white house press secretary jay carney. >> what the ryan plan fails to do is in any way meet the test of balance that every credible person in this debate has said must be met if we are going to deal with our fiscal challenges in the future. >> woodruff: congressman ryan argued that if the republican pl
that would be on top of the four trillion dollars in savings in the obama budget. among other things, the republicans make substantial reductions in medicaid spending and repeal the president's health care law. they also seek cost savings in medicare, imposing changes for future recipients. those now under age 55. the full house is expected to vote on the plan next week, but that's as far as it will go. in the senate, the democratic majority leader harry reid made clear today that the house...
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an nbc/"wall street journal" poll released yesterday shows a majority. 65% say president obama has a mandate on both increasing taxes on the wealthy and reducing federal spending; a similar two-thirds are willing to accept tax increases or cuts in federal government programs to reach a deal. but while public support on taxes is overwhelming, opinion on proposed cuts is less so. a new pew research center poll out today shows: three-quarters said deficit reduction should come from cutting major programs and increasing taxes. majorities disapprove of specific cuts to education, infrastructure, defense and anti-poverty programs. and just more than half oppose raising the eligibility age for social security and medicare. while both sides have proposed cuts and changes to medicare, only limited specifics have been released. >> woodruff: now, for more on what the public thinks about how the leaders are handling the negotiations and the debate over cuts to medicare, we turn to ray suarez. he begins with the pew research center poll. he talked about it a short time ago with the pew research c
an nbc/"wall street journal" poll released yesterday shows a majority. 65% say president obama has a mandate on both increasing taxes on the wealthy and reducing federal spending; a similar two-thirds are willing to accept tax increases or cuts in federal government programs to reach a deal. but while public support on taxes is overwhelming, opinion on proposed cuts is less so. a new pew research center poll out today shows: three-quarters said deficit reduction should come from...
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even if we did believe that president obama would dedicate new revenue from tax increases to help pay down the deficit -- and i don't believe that -- new revenue extracted from the top two brackets would only fund the government for about a week, a little less than a week. so that's clearly not the answer. when the president says well, we need to ask the wealthy to pay a little more, let's parse that for a second. you're not asking them to do it. if you pass the law, i.r.s. will come after you if you don't. so this is not a pleasant request. this is i.r.s. saying you have to pay more money to the united states government. and the president always likes to say a little more. well, it's not so little if your tax rate now goes up to almost 40%. if you're a small business man and you have got to pay 40% to uncle sam, you're probably not going to be able to grow your business. you might not be able to stay in business. you're certainly not going to be able to hire more people. so that's not little to them. it is little to funding the united states government. what the president says these
even if we did believe that president obama would dedicate new revenue from tax increases to help pay down the deficit -- and i don't believe that -- new revenue extracted from the top two brackets would only fund the government for about a week, a little less than a week. so that's clearly not the answer. when the president says well, we need to ask the wealthy to pay a little more, let's parse that for a second. you're not asking them to do it. if you pass the law, i.r.s. will come after you...
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we expect president obama's side to spend almost that much if not that much. is that the kind of campaign we just have to get used to from now on? >> you can argue that $2 billion is not too much to spend for an economy that's over $15 trillion. i personally think it's unnecessary. particularly when you're running for president, we're going to know who they are. they could do five debates instead of three, for example, or whatever they're going to do. and do that. i don't like it because once you get past the informational stage, you've got that much money, it's basically being used to target specific audiences with carefully tailored negative messages that confuse the issue. but the supreme court has said that we can't limit it. so unless we're prepared to overturn the citizens united case, we're probably not going to do anything about it. but i think it's too much. >> woodruff: president clinton, thank you very much for talks with us. >> thank you. >> brown: online, you can watch more of judy's interview and read the full transcript, including what president
we expect president obama's side to spend almost that much if not that much. is that the kind of campaign we just have to get used to from now on? >> you can argue that $2 billion is not too much to spend for an economy that's over $15 trillion. i personally think it's unnecessary. particularly when you're running for president, we're going to know who they are. they could do five debates instead of three, for example, or whatever they're going to do. and do that. i don't like it because...
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what has obama conceded in principle? name one principle he's conceded, simon? >> the ratest, the latest deal that the president offered john boehner was one to one in spending cuts and tax increases. marc's just wrong about this. and he's got to do a little homeworker next time before he comes on the show. >> speaker boehner's office got the numbers this morning. >> no, no. the second thing is, this is what the president has said, and the second thing is they have conceded, they said social security was off the table, it's on the table. both sides believe, megyn, getting back to your negotiations, both sides feel that they've given. i think we're very close to getting a deal, and i hope they can come together and get it done. it would be the right thing for the -- >> touching -- [inaudible] megyn: when you're close and you might have a deal, that's the time for a little wooing, not the time for, you suck. [laughter] that just never worked for me anyway. we'll see. i wound up choosing a different profession. guys, thank you. >> thanks, megyn. megyn: new developm
what has obama conceded in principle? name one principle he's conceded, simon? >> the ratest, the latest deal that the president offered john boehner was one to one in spending cuts and tax increases. marc's just wrong about this. and he's got to do a little homeworker next time before he comes on the show. >> speaker boehner's office got the numbers this morning. >> no, no. the second thing is, this is what the president has said, and the second thing is they have conceded,...
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here is president obama who is wrapping up his weekend visit in columbia. he is back in washington late tonight and spending much of the week in our nation's capital this week. from our twitter page -- another photograph from a 1981 reunion of former presidents as they headed to egypt for the funeral ceremonies for on a more said that. on board was not officially air force one. that was a conversation with former presidents ford and a smiling richard nixon and former president jimmy carter. in 1981. arizona, good morning to you -- caller: i would have to say i like andrew jackson because he is the only president that has ever [inaudible] i also like president monroe. he did the monroe doctrine with scott of a lot of the other countries at the time out of america. i admire gerald ford because he is the only president that ever got elected by the fall which is interesting. host: "the new york post"has this headline -- this matter was turned over to their office. the investigation continues of those search -- secret service agents and now five military personn
here is president obama who is wrapping up his weekend visit in columbia. he is back in washington late tonight and spending much of the week in our nation's capital this week. from our twitter page -- another photograph from a 1981 reunion of former presidents as they headed to egypt for the funeral ceremonies for on a more said that. on board was not officially air force one. that was a conversation with former presidents ford and a smiling richard nixon and former president jimmy carter. in...
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ceos of a dozen cops will meet with president obama today to discuss the looming fiscal cliff. among those attending the meeting, the ceo of aetna, american express, ge, ford, pepsi and walmart, urging washington to work together to come to a resolution. meantime, millions of facebook shares could hit the market today as a lockup on some 800 million shares expires. natalie. >> courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >>> a fiery plane crash in a jackson, mississippi neighborhood left no survivors killing all three people on board. the single-engine piper had just taken off from a local airport when it struck a home. amazingly a resident in that house escaped with only minor injuries. >>> u.s. soccer gold medalist hope solo and her fiance spent what would have been a wedding day in a seattle courtroom tuesday. the former seattle seahawks star jeremy stevens had been arrested monday for a domestic violence case against solo. police reports indicates that solo suffered a bloody laceration on her elbow. stevens was released and not charged. >>> the man accusing el
ceos of a dozen cops will meet with president obama today to discuss the looming fiscal cliff. among those attending the meeting, the ceo of aetna, american express, ge, ford, pepsi and walmart, urging washington to work together to come to a resolution. meantime, millions of facebook shares could hit the market today as a lockup on some 800 million shares expires. natalie. >> courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >>> a fiery plane crash in a jackson,...
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spend like it's going out be style the >> fiscal coiffes? really? how can mitt romney beat broke where on the vital decisions player -- they're not much different. >> man who helped save my daughter was mitt romney. >> every reno candidate every republican candidate turned their barks said let detroit go bankrupt. not him. gwen: and abroad, the brutal crack boun in syria continues. what can the international community do? >> we will be discussing a range of options from tightening sanctions to increasing humanitarian relief to helping the opposition. gwen: and afghans express fury over the burning of korans at a u.s. military base. covering the week, michael duffy of "time" magazine, jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers and yochi dreazen of "national journal." >> award-winning reporting and nalings, covering history as it happens. nation's capital -- live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington
spend like it's going out be style the >> fiscal coiffes? really? how can mitt romney beat broke where on the vital decisions player -- they're not much different. >> man who helped save my daughter was mitt romney. >> every reno candidate every republican candidate turned their barks said let detroit go bankrupt. not him. gwen: and abroad, the brutal crack boun in syria continues. what can the international community do? >> we will be discussing a range of options from...
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more is on its way, leigh gl >>> president obama and his family are spending their holiday in hawaii. they arrived this morning. before they left they recorded the holiday address from the white house. the theme, joy to all including the joy of giving and joy of service and joy of homecoming. >> here that is especially true for some of our military families. the war in iraq is over. transition in afghanistan is under way and after a decade of war our heros are coming home. let's say a prayer for all our troops, especially those in afghanistan. >> i believe that we should serve them as well they serve this country. >> in a holiday wish given by john boehner is that both parties can come together and reach a solution to avoid the fiscal cliff, one that protects families and small businesses alike. >> preliminary results tonight show egypt's have received a yes majority of more than 70%. they went to the polls on a draft constitution. two top government officials resigned. proposed constitution would do with away the posts. with his background as a judge, politics doesn't suit him. egypt
more is on its way, leigh gl >>> president obama and his family are spending their holiday in hawaii. they arrived this morning. before they left they recorded the holiday address from the white house. the theme, joy to all including the joy of giving and joy of service and joy of homecoming. >> here that is especially true for some of our military families. the war in iraq is over. transition in afghanistan is under way and after a decade of war our heros are coming home. let's...
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obama on wednesday held his first news conference since re-election. he expressed strong concern about expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts referred to as the fiscal cliff. unless lawmakers can agree by the end of this year to extend the tax cuts for middle class, the economy could plummet. >> we should not hold the middle class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy. we should at least do what we agree on, and that's to keep middle class taxes lower. >> obama stressed the u.s. cannot afford to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of the population if it wants to reduce the country's mounting deficit. obama asked for cooperation from republicans. he said he is open to compromise and open to new ideas that could bring about a rise in tax revenues. >>> let's check on the markets. first, looking at currencies. just having a look at the dollar similar yen at 80.19-21. that's due to uncertainties about japan's economic policies that the country is set to hold a general election next month. the dollar/yen is trading between 80.19-21 and h
obama on wednesday held his first news conference since re-election. he expressed strong concern about expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts referred to as the fiscal cliff. unless lawmakers can agree by the end of this year to extend the tax cuts for middle class, the economy could plummet. >> we should not hold the middle class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy. we should at least do what we agree on, and that's to keep middle class taxes lower. >> obama...
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i have political capital to spend, i'm going to spend it. it sounded a little boastful. bush tried to privatize social security. it was a giant wreck. it cast a pall over the second term. gwen: obama didn't say that, it was almost that i meant it, when you look at the priorities for his second term as he talked about. >> he is ambitious, he should be. we should perhaps stop using the word "mandates." it wasn't terribly long ago that ronald reagan won 49 states. that's a mandate. it's unthinkable that any candidate can win anywhere close to that. obama won a pretty impressive victory even without a serious third party candidate, he did not get 51% of the popular vote. he won 26 states to romney's 24 states. we'll see time after time very, very close elections. we need to rethink the negotiations of mandates and say this person won the presidency. they need to go forward with that agenda. >> what about the republicans? are they going to do a big rethink here? >> yes, and more than one. it was interesting that the republican governors happened to be meeting this week in las
i have political capital to spend, i'm going to spend it. it sounded a little boastful. bush tried to privatize social security. it was a giant wreck. it cast a pall over the second term. gwen: obama didn't say that, it was almost that i meant it, when you look at the priorities for his second term as he talked about. >> he is ambitious, he should be. we should perhaps stop using the word "mandates." it wasn't terribly long ago that ronald reagan won 49 states. that's a mandate....
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nbc's tracie potts is live with more on how the candidates are spending the next few days preparing. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: angie, good morning. good morning, everyone. romney has actually been preparing for the last month, since the end of the gop convention. president obama now holed up for the next couple of days in nevada sparring with john kerry, his debate partner, to get ready for this first presidential debate on wednesday. both sides lowering expectations. the an aide for obama said romney will be prepared and aggressive. an aide for romney ss he should not be underestimated. here's what both candidates had to say about wednesday. >> what i'm most concerned about is having a serious discussion about what we need to do to keep the country growing and restore security for hard working americans. >> the american people will listen carefully to the conversation that's held over three debates and the fourth with the vice presidential debate, and they'll decide who can help their family, who will be able to get our economy going in the way it could be going, and they'l
nbc's tracie potts is live with more on how the candidates are spending the next few days preparing. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: angie, good morning. good morning, everyone. romney has actually been preparing for the last month, since the end of the gop convention. president obama now holed up for the next couple of days in nevada sparring with john kerry, his debate partner, to get ready for this first presidential debate on wednesday. both sides lowering expectations. the an aide...
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to grow again in 2009 before the stimulus spending began to take effect. arguements available to the republicans. oddly we haven't heard them made very effectively. >> chris: bill, how tough do you expect the attacks on romney to be and what will they hit hardest? >> that is a good question. two weeks guy the republican's war on women. they were hammering that in paid advertising and speeches by senior democrats. i don't think i heard that phrase from axelrod or mayor villaraigosa. >> chris: why not? >> i wonder if the base loves it and they spent a week or two doing it. and the polls showed no one really believes the republicans are waging a war on women. the republicans sort of believed it was a threat. the theme at the republican convention was we love women and we are not engaged in a war on women. i bond fer that was a little bit of misdirection by the democrats. seems they will go with the economic argument. cutting taxes for the wealthy and not doing anything for middle class. that is the core argument, not the social issues, i suspect. >> chris: pr
to grow again in 2009 before the stimulus spending began to take effect. arguements available to the republicans. oddly we haven't heard them made very effectively. >> chris: bill, how tough do you expect the attacks on romney to be and what will they hit hardest? >> that is a good question. two weeks guy the republican's war on women. they were hammering that in paid advertising and speeches by senior democrats. i don't think i heard that phrase from axelrod or mayor villaraigosa....
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government spending has gone down under obama. gone up under reagan. megyn: whenever we say the president didn't message enough on health care we get tons of e-mails on viewers saying that's crazy. he messaged a lot. >> all day long. megyn: we rehe can haved -- rejected message. remember the town halls. american people showing up. they had read the entire bill which is lot more than they can say for the lawmakers. they get upset when you suggest it is messaging. as you say it wasn't. we rejected it in substance. the question is whether the president shouldn't ever gone to the health care well when the job was it was? now he has unpopular bill he can't look back on and tout. >> there was method to the madness. i write about this in my book coming out next week. megyn: really? what is it called? >> what the blank just happened. megyn: very nice. >> i write about the reason why he went for obamacare first. the american people were screaming for economic growth and jobs. what the left did was say, we'll put nearly trillion dollar stimulus through. we'll pa
government spending has gone down under obama. gone up under reagan. megyn: whenever we say the president didn't message enough on health care we get tons of e-mails on viewers saying that's crazy. he messaged a lot. >> all day long. megyn: we rehe can haved -- rejected message. remember the town halls. american people showing up. they had read the entire bill which is lot more than they can say for the lawmakers. they get upset when you suggest it is messaging. as you say it wasn't. we...
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the republican nominees is the beneficiary of unlited spending and unilaterally disarm. priority usa action raised $4.4 million by tend of last year. two republican super pacs established by carl rove raised $51 million and the pro-romney super pac raised $24 million. mark murray joins us live. we just showed the graphic. does it boil down to the logic we see when you look at numbers? >> it really does. obama has his big e-mail list. we saw him raise some $750 million in 2008. when the super pacs come in, they can really narrow that financial advantage. when you add the obama campaign and the dnc, you have roughly about $250 million. when you -- with the romney campaign and the rnc, you have $160 million. when the super pacs start coming in, it gets closer to a one to one parity. the obama campaign don't want to disarm unilaterally. >> as our banner says, super switch. might one say super smart. this is a sign of the times. the game that's being played. we can't allow for two sets of rules. even with all of that said, it does put the president at odds with what he's said
the republican nominees is the beneficiary of unlited spending and unilaterally disarm. priority usa action raised $4.4 million by tend of last year. two republican super pacs established by carl rove raised $51 million and the pro-romney super pac raised $24 million. mark murray joins us live. we just showed the graphic. does it boil down to the logic we see when you look at numbers? >> it really does. obama has his big e-mail list. we saw him raise some $750 million in 2008. when the...
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person on the debate. >> reporter: for their part, ron paul and rick santorum are spending their time and energy elsewhere. santorum is campaigning in minnesota after taking time off the trail to be with his 3-year-old daughter bella who is hospitalized with pneumonia. >>> we mentioned our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd paying a rare visit to the mothership tonight. first of all about newt gingrich, we are out of the moderating business, i guess. >> apparently. >> he kept telling reporters all weekend, look at the national polls where i'm leading. while that may be true, these numbers are moving in florida. >> reporter: they are. because florida is the one state where there are $16 million of negative ads against newt gingrich, you don't have that in the other 49 states. that is benefitting newt gingrich a little bit. what is interesting about this lead from mitt romney and why it seems so solid going into tomorrow, we learned among folks who voted. 1/3 of floridians voted. he leads almost 2-1, 49-27. the other argument you're going to hear newt ging
person on the debate. >> reporter: for their part, ron paul and rick santorum are spending their time and energy elsewhere. santorum is campaigning in minnesota after taking time off the trail to be with his 3-year-old daughter bella who is hospitalized with pneumonia. >>> we mentioned our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd paying a rare visit to the mothership tonight. first of all about newt gingrich, we are out of the moderating business, i...
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revenue has gone up every single year in the obama administration, and now we're at historic highs. the difference is our spending increased a trillion dollars from five years ago, but the revenue is the same. >> a lot of that spending is things to help the economy, right? it's the payroll tax cut extension, which your party supported, right? it's extending unemployment benefits and things like that. it's the war. >> right. that's going to be the challenge of the whole perspective right now. we have two philosophies. one is saying we're spending too much and the other is saying we don't spend enough. obviously the last four years are spending more to stimulate. i'm not sure if that will work long-term. we've crossed 100% of debt to gdp. i don't think that gets better as you get higher. >> the only thing that confuses me about it, i feel like in a situation where all you do is keep cutting taxes and have a revenue problem, right? you give a tax cut to the middle class you don't want it to take it away from them. you keep giving out things p and you never take them back. >> well, that
revenue has gone up every single year in the obama administration, and now we're at historic highs. the difference is our spending increased a trillion dollars from five years ago, but the revenue is the same. >> a lot of that spending is things to help the economy, right? it's the payroll tax cut extension, which your party supported, right? it's extending unemployment benefits and things like that. it's the war. >> right. that's going to be the challenge of the whole perspective...
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people decided they liked president obama more than they liked mitt romney. in the end that's who they decided they wanted to spend another four years with. >> you said likability, people say that's not a factor, but it's a huge factor. >> it's a huge factor. it's who you want to sit and have a beer with. and mitt romney said he's not going to have that beer. and anne romney trying to convince romney. he ran his mother's campaign for the senate. i mean this is a man who liked to see women in very strong roles in his life. anne romney is absolutely his partner in politics and life. but that was never communicated effectively it turns out in terms of women as well. because they -- i think it falls into the larger issue of who's better for the middle class. and that you know spoke to women i think in larger numbers at least across the country. >> and whether they liked it or not. he was effectively painted as the rich guy he is. >> well, he was. and unfortunately in an environment where people are concerned about their own economic situation. i'm not saying he's
people decided they liked president obama more than they liked mitt romney. in the end that's who they decided they wanted to spend another four years with. >> you said likability, people say that's not a factor, but it's a huge factor. >> it's a huge factor. it's who you want to sit and have a beer with. and mitt romney said he's not going to have that beer. and anne romney trying to convince romney. he ran his mother's campaign for the senate. i mean this is a man who liked to see...
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. >> president obama plans to meet with labor leaders and business leaders tomorrow if republicans and democrats in congress don't reach a budget agreement by year's end, a series of tax increases and across the board spending cuts will kick in. the president will meet friday with house and senate leaders and here to discuss where the debate stands now and more importantly how it affects your wall, jill joins us from cbsmoneywatch.com. >> and last week. john boehner outlined different positions is there room for a deal. >> i think there may be because john boehner made it clear that while republicans don't want tax rates to rise, they are open to collecting additional revenue. on the other side, president obama reiterated that he wants the wealthiest americans pay more taxes but he did not demand that tax rates rise to collect the money. if we read between the lines it looks like a deal could be cut to limit itemized deductions for the wealthiest americans. that's schedule a and some o of the popular deductions include mortgage interest or charitable contributions, property taxes and s
. >> president obama plans to meet with labor leaders and business leaders tomorrow if republicans and democrats in congress don't reach a budget agreement by year's end, a series of tax increases and across the board spending cuts will kick in. the president will meet friday with house and senate leaders and here to discuss where the debate stands now and more importantly how it affects your wall, jill joins us from cbsmoneywatch.com. >> and last week. john boehner outlined...
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president obama plans to reduce the size of the military, cutting the army and others by about 100,000 troops. mitt romney wants to grow the size of the military and he does want to keep military spending at about its level now. so that's a clear difference between these two candidates on the size of the military in the future. >> pelley: john? >> virginia, battleground state, 45% of the economy in the southeastern part of the state the defense comes from in that part of the state so that's an important doe domestic issue. but on the question -- president barack obama repeatedly talked about allies and the hard work he had done to get things done by building alliances. undoing the work of the bush years. he thought that would create a distinction with the war like romney but romney was not war like in this debate. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. who won tonight's debate? well, that's entirely up to you. it was 52 years ago this week that john kennedy and richard nixon held the last of their four unprecedented debates. the moderator, quincy howe, closed by saying the candidates ha
president obama plans to reduce the size of the military, cutting the army and others by about 100,000 troops. mitt romney wants to grow the size of the military and he does want to keep military spending at about its level now. so that's a clear difference between these two candidates on the size of the military in the future. >> pelley: john? >> virginia, battleground state, 45% of the economy in the southeastern part of the state the defense comes from in that part of the state...
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president obama told nbc's brian williams last night that he sees the prolific spending as a real problem even in his own campaign. >> the amount of money that is being spent in my campaign and mr. romney's campaign and the super pacs that are out there is ridiculous. there is no reason why i believe we can interpret the constitution in a way that allows us for some common-sense restrictions on the amount of money spent and the manner in which it's spent because for us to have folks writing $10 million checks undisclosed, having huge sway in this election, and just the sheer amount of waste that could be used more profitably in other areas doesn't make much sense. so this is an issue that, in a second term, i'll raise. >> in the remaining days inside a campaign, joe, where do they spend it? how do they spend it since they have to spend it? >> they need to spend it on getting out the vote, and nobody has a better get-out-the-vote operation than barack obama. a lot of republican insiders say that president obama's team actually may one-up what karl rove and ken mehlman did in 2004 which was
president obama told nbc's brian williams last night that he sees the prolific spending as a real problem even in his own campaign. >> the amount of money that is being spent in my campaign and mr. romney's campaign and the super pacs that are out there is ridiculous. there is no reason why i believe we can interpret the constitution in a way that allows us for some common-sense restrictions on the amount of money spent and the manner in which it's spent because for us to have folks...
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line item veto that would allow him to remove specific items from spending bills 57 democrats joined 197 republicans the bill now goes to senate but there appears to be little appetite for it in the democratic controlled senate it is unclear if it will ultimately pass. >>> on the campaign trail mitt romney is vowing to get more aggressive after a pour showing in tuesday's primary and caucuses he spent the day after campaigning in atlanta. rick santorum, turned his focus to the delegate rich state of texas the primary there is 2 months away but with momentum in his court, he is looking to broaden his appeal. >> there is not a management problem in washington dc there is a more foundational problem. >> i am the only guy who hasn't spent time in washington rick santorum was a mayor ear marker. >> we thing we can beat senator santorum. >>> overall the delegate count shows romney with a commanding lead but santorum is now his closest rival, newt gingrich continues to lose steam. they are all expected to deliver speeches tomorrow at the annual conservative political action conference which
line item veto that would allow him to remove specific items from spending bills 57 democrats joined 197 republicans the bill now goes to senate but there appears to be little appetite for it in the democratic controlled senate it is unclear if it will ultimately pass. >>> on the campaign trail mitt romney is vowing to get more aggressive after a pour showing in tuesday's primary and caucuses he spent the day after campaigning in atlanta. rick santorum, turned his focus to the delegate...
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they're concerned about obama's gargantuan spending and you ask chris rock to justify his comments and the guy attacks a camerawoman! >> let me ask you this -- it's astounding video where he does look like he's gone berserk there. how many members of the mainstream media have played that? >> i think -- >> has it been anywhere on tonight? none of that stuff. somebody on the right attacking, oh, my goodness. >> steven, you make an interesting point. >> take a picture with you? >> video, every time i watch it. check out the book. it is called "hollywood hypocrites." jason, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you, steve. >> what do you think? e-mail us. meanwhile, "the new york times" ran this ad asking catholics who abandon their faith but the paper refused to publish this ad asking muslims to do the same. why the disconnect? we'll report, you decide. with d. courage. and all the points i earned with my citi thankyou card. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou card. redeem points for travel on any airline with no blackout dates. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with f
they're concerned about obama's gargantuan spending and you ask chris rock to justify his comments and the guy attacks a camerawoman! >> let me ask you this -- it's astounding video where he does look like he's gone berserk there. how many members of the mainstream media have played that? >> i think -- >> has it been anywhere on tonight? none of that stuff. somebody on the right attacking, oh, my goodness. >> steven, you make an interesting point. >> take a picture...
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to spend it all on celeb parties. do they want tooth fairy money, too? >> who is this campaign manager? mel brooks. this is better than the producers wrote, margaret! >> maggie. >> you never know, of course, who is leaving comments. it could be anyone. you never know if they originally supported the president but people are making a lot of jokes if you go and read the comments. >> one more thing on what the president is picking up. the president has a different idea and i think this is pretty cool actually. he's being honest. he has a campaign fundraiser out saying look, we're being beaten on -- we are being outraised by a 3-1 ratio for the first time in american history as an incumbent. we need your help. and this -- he says we have a deadline until the end of the week. the problem is they've done it they've done it seven weeks in a row saying we have one at the end of the week. >> he told the wolf there was a fire. >> the president of the united states' campaign would like to go to durham, new hampshire, so they told the folks up in durham, new hampshi
to spend it all on celeb parties. do they want tooth fairy money, too? >> who is this campaign manager? mel brooks. this is better than the producers wrote, margaret! >> maggie. >> you never know, of course, who is leaving comments. it could be anyone. you never know if they originally supported the president but people are making a lot of jokes if you go and read the comments. >> one more thing on what the president is picking up. the president has a different idea and...
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president obama, he had his chance. he made his choices. his economic agenda, more spending, more borrowing, higher taxes, a government takeover of health care. it's not working. it's failed to create the jobs we need. 23 million americans are struggling for work today. 15% of americans are in poverty. this is not what a real recovery looks like. you deserve better. mitt romney and i want to earn your support. we're offering real reforms for a real recovery for every american. mitt romney, his experience, his ideas, his solutions is uniquely qualified to get this job done. at a time when we have a jobs crisis in america, wouldn't it be nice to have a job creator in the white house? the choice is clear. a stagnant economy that promotes more government dependency, or a dynamic growing economy that promotes opportunity and jobs? mitt romney and i will not duck the tough issues. and we will not blame others for the next four years. we will take responsibility and we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding p
president obama, he had his chance. he made his choices. his economic agenda, more spending, more borrowing, higher taxes, a government takeover of health care. it's not working. it's failed to create the jobs we need. 23 million americans are struggling for work today. 15% of americans are in poverty. this is not what a real recovery looks like. you deserve better. mitt romney and i want to earn your support. we're offering real reforms for a real recovery for every american. mitt romney, his...
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deal when house and senate leaders head to the white house this afternoon to meet there with president obama. lawmakers are increasingly looking at the period following the december 31st deadline we're told to come up with a fix to avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts, affect lives of nearly every american many economists say could plunge the economy into another recession. chief white house correspondent ed henry live with the latest. so in this meeting, ed, is there any hope they will accomplish anything? >> reporter: well it is pretty low expectations, jon. what we're expecting when you talk to top officials of both parties the president will offer a scaled back plan, something he laid out lines friday before christmas here in the white house briefing room before he went to hawaii. where he said look, we have to scale back expectations. basically just extend middle class tax cuts. don't worry about the rates for everyone else. secondly extend unememployment insurance for about two million people who will be losing it a few days from now at the end of the year. finally he refer to pos
deal when house and senate leaders head to the white house this afternoon to meet there with president obama. lawmakers are increasingly looking at the period following the december 31st deadline we're told to come up with a fix to avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts, affect lives of nearly every american many economists say could plunge the economy into another recession. chief white house correspondent ed henry live with the latest. so in this meeting, ed, is there any hope they will...
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he cut taxes, cut spending, performed welfare, is he what we need right now to change washington. >> the debate in washington has been critical to this economy recently and there has been a lot of discord and inability to come to the table and make agreements across the lines of politics. do you believe that given the volatility that his friends, your father's friends said he represents that he can do that in an environment like this? >> absolutely. he is the only candidate, again, including president obama, that has a record of working with the opposite party in washington to actually govern. i'll give you an example. remember, when he was speaker, president clinton was the president and they understood that if things weren't scheduled on the house floor and all of the appropriations and money starts in the house. my father didn't make sure it went through it wouldn't happen if president clinton didn't sign it, it wouldn't happen. they worked together for there different sides and governed the country, got things done. this is why he's such an incredible candidate to put up against
he cut taxes, cut spending, performed welfare, is he what we need right now to change washington. >> the debate in washington has been critical to this economy recently and there has been a lot of discord and inability to come to the table and make agreements across the lines of politics. do you believe that given the volatility that his friends, your father's friends said he represents that he can do that in an environment like this? >> absolutely. he is the only candidate, again,...
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campaign, spending 150 million dollars to paint him as the devil incarnate and essentially mitt needed to show up and not be the devil in order to be a game change, he did much, much more. >> clayton: during the debate he moderated his position and mitt romney during the primary season trying to say he was severely conservative and suddenly on stage he moderated his position on a the lot of things. did that sort of come back to bite the obama campaign who spent millions and millions of dollars to paint him as a far right wing guy and he's not. >> he's not far right wing guy not an extremist, i didn't feel as a conservative that he moderated from his position, but i think he just highlighted he's a guy who likes to get things done. he dealt with 87% democratic legislation in massachusetts and a guy that had to sit down with people on opposing sides of the aisle we need to fix things in the education, in economy and and let's do it. as opposed to the president who shoved obamacare down our throats and doesn't like to sit down and negotiate and who is out there saying if i can't get it do
campaign, spending 150 million dollars to paint him as the devil incarnate and essentially mitt needed to show up and not be the devil in order to be a game change, he did much, much more. >> clayton: during the debate he moderated his position and mitt romney during the primary season trying to say he was severely conservative and suddenly on stage he moderated his position on a the lot of things. did that sort of come back to bite the obama campaign who spent millions and millions of...
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president obama and house speaker john boehner met privately sunday in a surprise meeting, but they're not commenting much in public on whether there's been much progress. joining me now is political science professor and political chief correspondent for politics 365, jason johnson, and republican strategist, ron bon john. some say the fact that we're not hearing much of washington is a good sign, and in this case, silence is golden. you guys agree? >> yeah, i definitely do. look, one of the things that we've got to realize here is that the more that this fight takes place in public, the less is being done behind closed doors, because everyone feels that they have to justify the public rhetoric. so i think that we have two silences going on. there's barack obama and john boehner working things out and the republicans realizing that they've got to find a way to negotiate. so silence is golden for christmas season. >> do you agree, ron bonjean? >> yes, i completely agree. i think that silence is best. and right now while they're figuring out how to put a deal together, i think the presi
president obama and house speaker john boehner met privately sunday in a surprise meeting, but they're not commenting much in public on whether there's been much progress. joining me now is political science professor and political chief correspondent for politics 365, jason johnson, and republican strategist, ron bon john. some say the fact that we're not hearing much of washington is a good sign, and in this case, silence is golden. you guys agree? >> yeah, i definitely do. look, one of...
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and so much criticism, obviously, lobbed at president obama for not creating jobs. does he not deserve that? >> he deserves credit for adds blame, really, for trying to spend the money of other people and after all government doesn't have any money except what it takes from people and trying to recirculate it back into the economy. i was listening to your early reports, 99 weeks of unemployment compensation, you subsidize something more, you're going to get more of it. fundamentally i'm an optimist and i believe the united states will come out of this, but i think we've got to face up to hard truths in the meantime. >> if your point is that department of the can never create jobs, then what is the answer to getting out of this? >> the answer is to get back to the private sector, get rid of the excess regulation, lower taxes, so that you've got incentives. my old friend jack kemp used to say we're never going to get ahead when we keep cutting off the bottom rungs and make it harder for people to get started. and you all know that most jobs are created by small and mi
and so much criticism, obviously, lobbed at president obama for not creating jobs. does he not deserve that? >> he deserves credit for adds blame, really, for trying to spend the money of other people and after all government doesn't have any money except what it takes from people and trying to recirculate it back into the economy. i was listening to your early reports, 99 weeks of unemployment compensation, you subsidize something more, you're going to get more of it. fundamentally i'm...
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it's because obama is irresolute. because obama won't spend enough money on the pentagon. now, is that legitimate? no. i think because we have an incredibly difficult adverse world we face there are no easy answers to that but you don't want to be the incumbent president saying that. you want to say no, that's not true. so i think obama probably has to pull the camera back a little bit and say now wait a minute. we went in on the side. we helped force mubarak of egypt, hosni mubarak, to step down. we joined this intervention in libya. is that a good thing? yes, it is. does it require patience from us? is it going to be difficult? yes, it does. those are much harder things to say than we're week, we're irresolute, we've got to spend more money. so in a way, even though i think the merits on obama's side, it's very easy now. it wasn't a few months ago for romney to mount an effective rhetorical attack on obama's foreign policy. >> we have the issue of the road map to peace. we'll see how that is brought up in monday's debate too. >> no good answer on that, right? >> james, w
it's because obama is irresolute. because obama won't spend enough money on the pentagon. now, is that legitimate? no. i think because we have an incredibly difficult adverse world we face there are no easy answers to that but you don't want to be the incumbent president saying that. you want to say no, that's not true. so i think obama probably has to pull the camera back a little bit and say now wait a minute. we went in on the side. we helped force mubarak of egypt, hosni mubarak, to step...